What One Neuron Knows: How convolutional neural network layers recognize objects.
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

What One Neuron Knows: How convolutional neural network layers recognize objects.

How does a convolutional neural network recognize a photo of a ski resort? New research shows that it bases its classification on specific neurons that recognize snow, mountains, trees, and houses.

October 21, 20203 min read
What One Neuron Knows: How convolutional neural network layers recognize objects.
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

What One Neuron Knows: How convolutional neural network layers recognize objects.

How does a convolutional neural network recognize a photo of a ski resort? New research shows that it bases its classification on specific neurons that recognize snow, mountains, trees, and houses.

October 21, 20203 min read
More Efficient Action Recognition: Using Active Shift Layer to analyze time series data
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

More Efficient Action Recognition: Using Active Shift Layer to analyze time series data

Recognizing actions performed in a video requires understanding each frame and relationships between the frames. Previous research devised a way to analyze individual images efficiently known as Active Shift Layer (ASL). New research extends this technique to the steady march of video frames.

October 7, 20202 min read
More Efficient Action Recognition: Using Active Shift Layer to analyze time series data
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

More Efficient Action Recognition: Using Active Shift Layer to analyze time series data

Recognizing actions performed in a video requires understanding each frame and relationships between the frames. Previous research devised a way to analyze individual images efficiently known as Active Shift Layer (ASL). New research extends this technique to the steady march of video frames.

October 7, 20202 min read
More Data for Medical AI: AI recognizes medical scans without iodine dye.
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

More Data for Medical AI: AI recognizes medical scans without iodine dye.

Convolutional neural networks are good at recognizing disease symptoms in medical scans of patients who were injected with iodine-based dye, that makes their organs more visible. But some patients can’t take the dye. Now synthetic scans from a GAN are helping CNNs learn to analyze undyed images.

September 30, 20202 min read
A Good Look for AI: How L’Oreal uses AI to power its virtual makeup try-on
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

A Good Look for AI: How L’Oreal uses AI to power its virtual makeup try-on

Trying on new makeup is a hassle — apply, inspect, wash off, repeat. Not to mention the tribulation of visiting brick-and-mortar stores during the pandemic. Augmented reality is helping people try on all the makeup they want without leaving home.

September 30, 20202 min read
The Telltale Artifact: A technique for detecting GAN-generated deepfakes
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

The Telltale Artifact: A technique for detecting GAN-generated deepfakes

Deepfakes have gone mainstream, allowing celebrities to star in commercials without setting foot in a film studio. A new method helps determine whether such endorsements — and other images produced by generative adversarial networks — are authentic.

September 30, 20202 min read
Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer

GANs are adept at mapping the artistic style of one picture onto the subject of another, known as style transfer. However, applied to the fanciful illustrations in children’s books, some GANs prove better at preserving style, others better at preserving subject matter.

September 30, 20202 min read
Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer

GANs are adept at mapping the artistic style of one picture onto the subject of another, known as style transfer. However, applied to the fanciful illustrations in children’s books, some GANs prove better at preserving style, others better at preserving subject matter.

September 30, 20202 min read
More Data for Medical AI: AI recognizes medical scans without iodine dye.
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

More Data for Medical AI: AI recognizes medical scans without iodine dye.

Convolutional neural networks are good at recognizing disease symptoms in medical scans of patients who were injected with iodine-based dye, that makes their organs more visible. But some patients can’t take the dye. Now synthetic scans from a GAN are helping CNNs learn to analyze undyed images.

September 30, 20202 min read
A Good Look for AI: How L’Oreal uses AI to power its virtual makeup try-on
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

A Good Look for AI: How L’Oreal uses AI to power its virtual makeup try-on

Trying on new makeup is a hassle — apply, inspect, wash off, repeat. Not to mention the tribulation of visiting brick-and-mortar stores during the pandemic. Augmented reality is helping people try on all the makeup they want without leaving home.

September 30, 20202 min read
The Telltale Artifact: A technique for detecting GAN-generated deepfakes
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

The Telltale Artifact: A technique for detecting GAN-generated deepfakes

Deepfakes have gone mainstream, allowing celebrities to star in commercials without setting foot in a film studio. A new method helps determine whether such endorsements — and other images produced by generative adversarial networks — are authentic.

September 30, 20202 min read
Dropout With a Difference: Reduce neural net overfitting without impacting accuracy
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Dropout With a Difference: Reduce neural net overfitting without impacting accuracy

The technique known as dropout discourages neural networks from overfitting by deterring them from reliance on particular features. A new approach reorganizes the process to run efficiently on the chips that typically run neural network calculations.

September 2, 20202 min read
Dropout With a Difference: Reduce neural net overfitting without impacting accuracy
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Dropout With a Difference: Reduce neural net overfitting without impacting accuracy

The technique known as dropout discourages neural networks from overfitting by deterring them from reliance on particular features. A new approach reorganizes the process to run efficiently on the chips that typically run neural network calculations.

September 2, 20202 min read
Less (Video) is More (Examples): A small data AI tool for classifying video
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Less (Video) is More (Examples): A small data AI tool for classifying video

We’d all love to be able to find similar examples of our favorite cat videos. But few of us want to label thousands of similar videos of even the cutest kitties. New research makes headway in video classification when training examples are scarce.

July 29, 20202 min read

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